Adf.ly is an free money earning URL shortner service which pays its users for every visitor they bring to site. A few days ago, several international service providers, especially in India, USA and the U.K., blocked Adf.ly sites because they were spreading piracy and malware over the web. Today I will share multiple techniques to know how to open Adf.ly links in India in other countries without using any proxy or third party software. Let’s learn how to unblock Adf.ly website links in India. There are multiple ways to unblock it, but before we dive in we must understand how ISP’s block websites like ADF.LY.

How do ISP’s Block Websites in Countries?

The process of blocking content for an ISP (Internet Service Provider) is very simple. After all, any content that is coming from a website to your computer has to travel through the ISP, giving it ample opportunity to observe and censor banned content.

Consider an example: you are on one side of river bank (i.e. your computer) and you have visit the other side of river (i.e. Internet where all websites and content is located). Now ISP (internet service provider) is the bridge which connects your machine to the internet. So ISP has the authority to allow you to cross the bridge to access the content or to stop you. But we all know there are other ways to cross the river, like swimming or flying. Consider these other ways as bypassing the bridge i.e. bypassing the ISP.

Each web page has a unique ID (IP address), like a licence plate. If the government tells the ISP to block a specific page, it’s added to the blacklist and isn’t allowed on the bridge. The government could also block a full domain, such as Facebook.com, which would be like blocking all cars with DL plates, instead of specific numbers.

Now lets learn how to bypass Adf.ly website blocked by ISP’s.

Method 1:  Changing normal web i.e. Http to secured web HTTPS

1. Say you want to visit the Adf.ly website link

http://adf.ly/

2. Just replace the Http by HTTPS and enter the url. Url will looks similar to below:

https://adf.ly/

 

 

Method 2: Adding a sub-domain to the website.

1. Say you want to visit the Adf.ly website link

http://adf.ly/

2. Just add v2. in front of adf.ly link, it will open.

http://v2.adf.ly/